Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
  • A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
  • A01K1/02—Pigsties; Dog-kennels; Rabbit-hutches or the like
  • A01K1/0209—Feeding pens for pigs or cattle
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
  • A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
  • A01K1/0047—Air-conditioning, e.g. ventilation, of animal housings
  • A01K1/0082—Water misting or cooling systems
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
  • A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
  • A01K1/12—Milking stations
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
  • A01K13/00—Devices for grooming or caring of animals, e.g. curry-combs; Fetlock rings; Tail-holders; Devices for preventing crib-biting; Washing devices; Protection against weather conditions or insects

Definitions

• the invention relates to a method of luring an animal to a predetermined place, such as e.g. a milking stall and/or a feeding stall, where the animal lured undergoes a predetermined treatment, and/or where a predetermined animal- related action, such as e.g. milking and/or feeding, is performed.
• a predetermined place such as e.g. a milking stall and/or a feeding stall
• a predetermined animal- related action such as e.g. milking and/or feeding
• the invention aims at a method in which the above- mentioned drawback is obviated or at least minimized.
• this is achieved in that, at least during a predetermined stage of the treatment and/or the action, at least one previously defined climate parameter is set artificially in at least one part of the relevant place. It has been found that regulating the climate in the relevant place of treatment results in the animals going to said place more frequently.
• the degree of humidity is regulated and, more in particular, increased.
• increasing the degree of humidity can be realized by applying liquid between the hairs and/or on the skin. This can be achieved more in particular by atomizing the liquid to a fine spray and subsequently dispersing same.
• a maximum amount of liquid to be used for wetting the animal is previously fixed.
• wetting of the animal is stopped if formation of droplets is ascertained. Formation of droplets is not only disadvantageous to the liquid consumption, but may also result in certain parts, such as e.g. the teats, of the animal being undesirably wetted by the liquid.
• the animal cools off. According to the invention, in particular the animal's back is cooled.
• the air flow is regulated. More in particular the air flow is forcibly increased, e.g. by means of a ventilator. By causing the forced air to flow over the wetted surface of the animal, an even quicker cooling of the animal is achieved. Therefore, the invention also relates to a method in which first the degree of humidity is increased, as described in the foregoing, and then the air flow is regulated, which is also described in the foregoing.
• the temperature in particular the temperature of the skin and/or the body and/or the ambient temperature in the vicinity of the animal.
• cooling of the animal is stopped when a previously set temperature is reached.
• the animal's behaviour is observed during cooling, and cooling is stopped if the animal ' s behaviour changes .
• the animal's behaviour can be deduced from deviations from the number of movements of the animal per unit of time.
• regulation of the climate parameters is performed during a previously fixed duration.
• the duration is adjustable.
• the duration of the treatment can also be calculated on the basis of historical data about previous actions related to the relevant animal. According to an aspect of the invention, this calculation can be made on the basis of the duration of milkings and/or pre- treatments and/or post-treatments of the relevant animal.
• regulation of one of the climate parameters is stopped when approximately three quarters of the action and/or the treatment has been performed. The latter measure is of importance to ensure that the animal leaves the stall after the action and/or the treatment has ended.
• the invention also relates to an implement for applying the method as described above, which implement is provided with a place where an animal-related action is performed, as well as with regulating means with the aid of which, at least during a stage of the action, at least one climate parameter is regulated artificially in the relevant place.
• the regulating means comprise wetting means with the aid of which a liquid reduced to a fine spray is applied to a part of the animal, in particular between the hairs of that part of the animal, whereupon an air flow is directed over the wetted part with the aid of air displacing means .
• the implement is arranged in a milking stall and/or a foremilking stall and/or in a cleaning box for cleaning certain parts, such as the teats, of an animal, and/or in a post-treatment box.
• a milking robot is arranged in the milking stall, by means of which milking robot teat cups can automatically be connected to the teats of an animal to be milked.
• FIG. 1 is a side view of a first embodiment of the invention
• Figure 2 is a second embodiment of an implement according to the invention.
• FIG. 1 is a side view of a milk box 1 with a cow 2 present therein.
• the milk box 1 comprises a milking robot 3 with teat cups 4 which are connected automatically to the teats of the cow 2 by means of the milking robot 3.
• Near the front side of the milk box 1 there is further disposed a feeding trough 5 to which concentrate can be supplied in metered portions .
• the milk box 1 is further provided with regulating means 6 with the aid of which at least one previously defined climate parameter is set artificially in the milk box 1.
• the regulating means 6 comprise wetting means 7 with the aid of which at least the back of the cow 2 is wetted.
• the wetting means 7 comprise a sprayer beam 8 with nozzles 9, by means of which a liquid can be atomized to a fine spray.
• the milk box 1 is further provided with shielding means 12.
• the shielding means 12 comprise a transparent shielding cap 13 which covers the head of the cow 2 during wetting.
• the shielding means 12 further comprise a second shielding cap 14 by means of which the udder of the cow 2 can be shielded.
• the second shielding cap 14 is pivotably fitted to the milk box 1.
• Figure 2 shows a second embodiment of the invention, in which parts corresponding to those of the first embodiment are indicated by the same reference numerals.
• the wetting means 7 comprise motor-drivable brushes 15 which are provided with (non-shown) liquid supply means with the aid of which liquid can be supplied to the brushes during brushing.
• the motor-drivable brushes 15 are disposed on a pivotable arm 16 which is connected to the milk box 1.
• the pivotable arm 16 is further provided with air displacing means 17 with the aid of which air is directed over the wetted surface of the cow 2 after or during brushing.

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